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Michael Tolliver Lives

By: Armistead Maupin
Narrated by: Armistead Maupin
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Publisher's summary

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City

The seventh novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.

Nearly two decades after ending his groundbreaking Tales of the City saga of San Francisco life, Armistead Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero Michael Tolliver - the 55-year-old sweet-spirited gardener and survivor of the plague that took so many of his friends and lovers - for a single day at once mundane and extraordinary...and filled with the everyday miracles of living.

©2007 Armistead Maupin (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Maupin denies that this is a seventh volume of his beloved Tales of the City, but - happily - that's exactly what it is, with style and invention galore." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Sweet without being sappy." ( Booklist)

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Awful

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Less descriptive sexual material that was the entire story I got half-way through and could not continue listening. I have so enjoyed the other Tales of the City books

Has Michael Tolliver Lives turned you off from other books in this genre?

I like the character Michael Tolliver but there was no story here

How did the narrator detract from the book?

He was OK

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Any additional comments?

I hesitate to listen to the last two in the series bit I will try

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Disappointing.

I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the audio books in this series so far, but this novel needed to come with an adult content warning. I wasn't upset by it, it just wasn't necessary. How disappointing Mouse has evolved into the cliche of an older seeking younger queen when he could've led the way into the less idealized path of a marriage to someone his own age. Most of mouses dialogue centered around anecdotes about getting old and tired one liners. On top of everything I hope Maupin sticks with writing & not narrating. Its a personal observation but his voice & reading style was bland and everyone had the same voice. Its the first time Id thought of asking for my $20 (way too $$$ IMO) back.

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Maudlin not Maupin

The charm of the original books Tales of the City, invoked delightful characters in amusing situations; all relevant to their invented lives in 70's San Francisco. Revisiting these characters in the midst of middle age is as painful as the 20-year reunion of Dynasty. You just don't want to know that Michael Tolliver is still focused on sex, but now needs Viagra; that many of the original characters are mellowed, moved or dead. The story has absolutely no humor, quirky characters or story line that keeps one interested.... They all should have been left alone in our memories. Armistead should have found something like Viagra to excite his writing again. A major disappointment...couldn't wait to get it over with, and put the book where it rightly belongs... in the recycleables.

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